- About
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Research
- Overview
- On-farm technologies in social context – improving local adaptive capacities and inclusive scaling mechanisms
- Digitally enabled services to manage climate risk
- System-level research and interventions for building resilient, low-emission livestock production systems
- Financing the transition to low-emission and resilient livestock agrifood systems
- Improving the enabling policy environment for more resilient, low-emission livestock agrifood systems
- News & Events
- Resources
- Partners
- Results
Initiative:
Livestock and Climate
The CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and Climate addresses the challenges that climate change poses to livestock production, supporting livestock-dependent communities without accelerating greenhouse gas emissions or degrading land, water, and biodiversity.
Highlights
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Initiative ResultColombian cattle farm Hacienda San José secures US$7.5 million investment, supported by CGIAR tropical grass and sustainable livestock certification innovations
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Initiative ResultEmpowering 20,000 Guatemalan Farmers to Thrive Despite Climate Change
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Initiative ResultImplementation of climate services promotes behavior changes in the public sector in Guatemala
Featured News & Events
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Bridging science, finance, and restoration: Insights from the sustainable beef investment roundtable
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program17.11.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Rome, 2–4 October 2025 — The Sustainable Beef Investment Roundtable brought together over 50 pa…
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Natural Fibre Connect 2025: Beyond sustainability - mobilizing finance to restore global rangelands through sustainable livestock fibre value chains
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program11.11.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
From 22nd to 26th September 2025, more than 160 delegates from 27 countries came together…
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Launch of “The Business Case for Investment in Rangeland Restoration” at IUCN World Conservation Congress, Abu Dhabi
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program03.11.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In October 2025, conservationists, policymakers and academics gathered in Abu Dhabi for IUCN’s Wor…
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Featured Resources
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publicationFrom risk to resilience: A user-centered water monitoring and early warning system
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)15.11.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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publicationIntensifying neotropical beef cattle grazing systems: Navigating complexity through modelling
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)03.10.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Research activities
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On-farm technologies in social context – improving local adaptive capacities and inclusive scaling mechanisms
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Digitally enabled services to manage climate risk
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System-level research and interventions for building resilient, low-emission livestock production systems
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Financing the transition to low-emission and resilient livestock agrifood systems
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Improving the enabling policy environment for more resilient, low-emission livestock agrifood systems
Where We Work
Countries
- Colombia
- Ethiopia
- Guatemala
- Kenya
- Mali
- Senegal
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